[citation needed] Following the departure of several nobles and members of the Portuguese court to Spain, lands and goods from northern Portugal to the Alentejo regions were left behind.

Among those forced to flee to Spain was D. Henrique de Sousa Tavares, a count.

Following an extensive review of the history of the Miranda/Tavares clan by the family the title has been brought back into usage by the present holder, D. Aires Manuel Tavares Marques, 10º Marquis de Arronches, as well as his mother, Dowager Countess Isabel Miranda.

The direct heir to the title (as D. Aires has two daughters but no sons) is found in D. Paulo Augusto Tavares Milhinhos, Visconde de Miranda de Corvo,[citation needed] who is a first cousin of D.Aires.

The third in line to the family's titles is his only son, D. Pedro Vasques Milhinhos.